The Dillon tribune., 1887-07-01

Hartford; at .,n.Ss' Conn., Nc. wH1N 0"MHTw
Clellan iesiret. re- GEN. ". ,. rRASELIS.
enforee,nents For the third time it was
promised that Mcdowell should join him. A
second time "Stonewall" Jackson prevented
this by making feint in northern Virginia
Mcclellan believed that Mcdowell did not
wish to join him as subordinate, and was
irritated theroat. He wrote Secretary Stan.
ton: ut ought to be distinctly understood
that Mcdowell and his troops are completely
under my control"
Thero never IVES good understanding be.
tween Tive commanding genera A,.d his su-
psriors at Washington. Time passed on,
with storm and rain, the commanding gen.
eral exscratin9 TIE westher, tho authorities
at Washington and Gen. Mcdowell, the sol.
diers In tho meantime standing waist deep in
mud and water building bridges and earth
works.
June Is, the famous Confederate cavalry
commander, j. r. B. Stuart, made a brilliant
raid, circling quite around tho army Of the
Potomac He dashed oven into their base Of
supplies at White House, on tho Pamunkoy,
and carried OF large number OF horses and
prisoners. 1t gave the Federal authorities an
uncomfortable shaking up in their minds.
juno 81, Mcclellan lnadc move forward
ct Seven Pines. Thorc was small fight at
OAK Grove, in which the Union forces vert
victorious, aud pickcts from IfeintzelmaM's
and Summers corps were posted within four
miles Of Richmond.
The sellsraisIlip Of Ge,,s. Leo and Sto,:c-
wall Jackson ut this time commands admira-
tion After finishing his movements in tho
Shenandoah Valley, jackson wrote to John
ston this significant letter, dated Juno q:
"3houM my command be required at Rich
inond, can bc at Mechanics Run depot, on
the Central railroad, the second days march"
Leo, IN command when the letter was re-
ceivetl, wrote him back that IL he could leavo
tho valley, and ''could deceive the enemy" 10
as to mako him believe ho was still In the
Shenandoah region, to come on.
The two generals hit ON the plan of appar.
emily sending ro-snforcements from Richmond
to the Shenandoah, to Jackson, giving tho
impression that jackson still meditated mis-.
chief in the valley. In reality, he was to
meet the ere-enforcements and hurry back with
them to Richmond. Lawton's and Whiting2
commands wcro marched out OF Richmond
with flourish, care being taken that tho
Fcderals should bo aware Of 1t. At Harris
burg Jackson met them June II, and all
started back to Richmond. The plan was a
complete success, aud 1t was this trick which
for tho third time prevented Mcdowell from
joining tho army Of the Potomac.
It Is to he noted that Secretary Stanton
only, Of all the Federal managers, was not de-
cetved by the ruse, but declared that Jack.
sons real movement was toward Richmond.
Everybody was umleccived when, June ~,
Mcclellan hastily telegraphed that his pickets
were being driven In north Of tho Chicka.
hominy.
Until then, day after day. it had been tele-
graplod to Washington, "All quiet in
the army of the Potomac" So bent on
having additions to his army had Nc
Clellan lnen that June 10 he had telc-
graphed Secretary Stanton, advising
that considerable force le detached from
hallecks western department and seut to
him. Long before this, early in March, Nc
Clellan had been relieved from, duty a. com.
niander OF all tho armies Of the United States,
and n'ado commander only Of the army Of
the Potomac This was done. It was claimed
by President Lincoln, in order that the
general might give oil his time to the war In
Virginia. Mcclellan regarded ii as humilia-
ton, and says: The order proved to be one
of tho stops taken to liz my hands In order to
secure the failure Of the approaching cam.
paign' He believed that It emanatetl from
Secretary Stanton, and was issuel out of
spite.
There was at that time TO commander in
chief If all the armies There were three in-
dependent departments. with Mcclellan in
the east " Potomac department, Fremont in
the 'c"tr:n one, called the mountain depart.
inent, and Halleck over that west of the
Mississippi. called tho department of the
Mississippi.
From the time no made the brilliant cavalry
slas!. around the army Of the Potomac till tho